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Police Blotter

Flathead County Sheriff’s and Kalispell Police Reports

Asleep at the Wheel and Cows on the Loose

By Heather Jurva

3:29 a.m. Someone heard three or four men fighting and yelling outside her home. They were found to be simply goofing around and all was well.

3:57 a.m. An individual on Solberg Lane heard a loud “bang” and discovered that her mailbox had been crunched, presumably by a moving motor vehicle.

7:25 a.m. Several horses were grazing in an O’Brien Lane yard. They were gone when authorities arrived.

10:35 a.m. A missing child on Fifth Avenue was later found in the home.

11:14 a.m. Someone noticed a gas odor on Second Street. The situation was amended within 30 minutes.

11:33 a.m. On Bernard Road, someone rang a doorbell and then launched himself from the deck. The offender has yet to be located.

11:52 a.m. An intoxicated fellow knocked on a random door and asked to use the homeowner’s cell phone. He then refused to leave the home.

12:04 p.m. An inebriated individual was collecting trash along River Road.

1:08 p.m. Someone thought that several checks had been stolen from his billfold. Come to find out, he had actually written the checks himself.

2:34 p.m. Gasoline was stolen from a vehicle in Coram.

2:58 p.m. Someone stole the hood from a 1984 GMC pickup truck.

4:29 p.m. After falling asleep, a driver collided with a fire hydrant which then spurted large amounts of water.

4:40 p.m. What was thought to be gunshots in Bigfork turned out to be fireworks.

5:03 p.m. Several youths were shooting gophers near Lake Five.

5:21 p.m. In Hungry Horse, five or six cats have utterly destroyed a neighbor’s yard and annihilated several robins’ nests.

6:44 p.m. A man on a bicycle was “acting weird, possible scoping out residences.”

7:47 p.m. A pontoon boat went missing on Echo Lake.

8:02 p.m. On Cemetery Road, a female jogger was attacked by a vicious Rottweiler.

9:23 p.m. Six to 10 cows were running wild on Helena Flats Road. A local farmer assisted in rounding up the herd.